With memory, things are not always as they seem: Details go missing, recollections change, and sometimes our brains fill in the blanks and create false visual memories. Our experts are on a mission to find out where memories reside in the brain by examining every millimeter for clues. Investigating every piece of...

With memory, things are not always as they seem: Details go missing, recollections change, and sometimes our brains fill in the blanks and create false visual memories. Our experts are on a mission to find out where memories reside in the brain by examining every millimeter for clues. Investigating every piece of the memory puzzle, from how we recognize faces 'even if they have been digitally distorted' to how we can move memories from short-term...With memory, things are not always as they seem: Details go missing, recollections change, and sometimes our brains fill in the blanks and create false visual memories. Our experts are on a mission to find out where memories reside in the brain by examining every millimeter for clues. Investigating every piece of the memory puzzle, from how we recognize faces 'even if they have been digitally distorted' to how we can move memories from short-term to long-term storage.
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Your peripheral vision is like a cell phone camera from 1998 '- blurry! Host Jason Silva and psychologist Brian Scholl show how concentration can be elusive with some of mind-boggling experiments. While viewers zero in on a football game on the field, most will be surprised to learn that cheerleaders took off thei...

Your peripheral vision is like a cell phone camera from 1998 '- blurry! Host Jason Silva and psychologist Brian Scholl show how concentration can be elusive with some of mind-boggling experiments. While viewers zero in on a football game on the field, most will be surprised to learn that cheerleaders took off their shirts right before their eyes. Later, three unsuspecting people fail to notice that the cheerleaders standing just 15 feet away are...Your peripheral vision is like a cell phone camera from 1998 '- blurry! Host Jason Silva and psychologist Brian Scholl show how concentration can be elusive with some of mind-boggling experiments. While viewers zero in on a football game on the field, most will be surprised to learn that cheerleaders took off their shirts right before their eyes. Later, three unsuspecting people fail to notice that the cheerleaders standing just 15 feet away are actually men dressed as women.
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All the latest research says that your brain is no different than the muscles in your body: it needs exercise to stay youthful and fit. In this episode, wonder junkie Jason Silva and deception specialist Apollo Robbins are going to put your brain to the test with a serious workout. If you play along, you'll come o...

All the latest research says that your brain is no different than the muscles in your body: it needs exercise to stay youthful and fit. In this episode, wonder junkie Jason Silva and deception specialist Apollo Robbins are going to put your brain to the test with a serious workout. If you play along, you'll come out with a few unexpected ways to boost your mind's flexibility, concentration, and memory. So get ready to use it 'or lose it' on Brain...All the latest research says that your brain is no different than the muscles in your body: it needs exercise to stay youthful and fit. In this episode, wonder junkie Jason Silva and deception specialist Apollo Robbins are going to put your brain to the test with a serious workout. If you play along, you'll come out with a few unexpected ways to boost your mind's flexibility, concentration, and memory. So get ready to use it 'or lose it' on Brain Games.
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Experts say that we lie anywhere from 20 to 200 times a day, even though most people consider themselves to be truthful. In this episode, host Jason Silva and deception specialist Apollo Robbins break down why we lie and what happens in the brain, even though science tells us that the truth is physiologically and...

Experts say that we lie anywhere from 20 to 200 times a day, even though most people consider themselves to be truthful. In this episode, host Jason Silva and deception specialist Apollo Robbins break down why we lie and what happens in the brain, even though science tells us that the truth is physiologically and neurologically easier.

Field of Study

Psychology

Content Type

Documentary

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Kristen Sage Rockermann, fl. 2010-2015, National Geographic Film & Television

Whether you're trying to get to the head of the class, earn the big promotion or just find a parking spot ' every day, you're competing. In this episode we'll explore your brain and competition through a series of, well, competitions! Each viewer will be assigned a team and play along as our Red and Blue teams duk...

Whether you're trying to get to the head of the class, earn the big promotion or just find a parking spot ' every day, you're competing. In this episode we'll explore your brain and competition through a series of, well, competitions! Each viewer will be assigned a team and play along as our Red and Blue teams duke it out in a head-to-head battle to determine the winner.

We're going to put you through a series of tests to show you how surprisingly little your brain understands about the way the world works. You'll be shocked, shaken and left wondering, 'How did I miss that?' Think you can explain how a zipper works, or correctly draw something as simple as a bicycle? If you said y...

We're going to put you through a series of tests to show you how surprisingly little your brain understands about the way the world works. You'll be shocked, shaken and left wondering, 'How did I miss that?' Think you can explain how a zipper works, or correctly draw something as simple as a bicycle? If you said yes, you might be surprised! From zippers to bikes, host Jason Silva will show us what we really don't know and teach us some surprising...We're going to put you through a series of tests to show you how surprisingly little your brain understands about the way the world works. You'll be shocked, shaken and left wondering, 'How did I miss that?' Think you can explain how a zipper works, or correctly draw something as simple as a bicycle? If you said yes, you might be surprised! From zippers to bikes, host Jason Silva will show us what we really don't know and teach us some surprising facts about our brains along the way.
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Why does it seem like men are from Mars and women are from Venus? Play along as host Jason Silva, with help from renowned biological anthropologist Helen Fisher of Rutgers University, reveals how the male and female brain are different. We'll put real couples head-to-head and brain-to-brain to see how each gender...

Why does it seem like men are from Mars and women are from Venus? Play along as host Jason Silva, with help from renowned biological anthropologist Helen Fisher of Rutgers University, reveals how the male and female brain are different. We'll put real couples head-to-head and brain-to-brain to see how each gender scores in a series of tests. Find out why men never seem to ask for directions, why women can stay cool in stressful situations and whi...Why does it seem like men are from Mars and women are from Venus? Play along as host Jason Silva, with help from renowned biological anthropologist Helen Fisher of Rutgers University, reveals how the male and female brain are different. We'll put real couples head-to-head and brain-to-brain to see how each gender scores in a series of tests. Find out why men never seem to ask for directions, why women can stay cool in stressful situations and which gender is better at packing the trunk of a car!
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The human brain makes thousands of decisions a day, whether you realize it or not. On the streets of Las Vegas, Nev., illusionist Apollo Robbins demonstrates choice blindness. Asking participants to pick between two photos, Apollo has them describe which woman in the picture they find most attractive. But with a s...

The human brain makes thousands of decisions a day, whether you realize it or not. On the streets of Las Vegas, Nev., illusionist Apollo Robbins demonstrates choice blindness. Asking participants to pick between two photos, Apollo has them describe which woman in the picture they find most attractive. But with a simple sleight of hand, 75 percent of the test subjects are fooled into describing the woman in the picture they did NOT select.

This episode of Brain Games puts your brain to the ultimate test with a series of interactive games and fascinating experiments that reveal its hidden mental shortcuts, and we reveal the surprising ways to give your brain a performance boost.

This episode of Brain Games puts your brain to the ultimate test with a series of interactive games and fascinating experiments that reveal its hidden mental shortcuts, and we reveal the surprising ways to give your brain a performance boost.

Everyone likes to think they're unique, but like it or not, much of your behavior is influenced by copying other people. We're going to mess with your mind as we put you through a series of games and experiments designed to show you why a yawn is so contagious, how imitation leads to flattery and how to discover w...

Everyone likes to think they're unique, but like it or not, much of your behavior is influenced by copying other people. We're going to mess with your mind as we put you through a series of games and experiments designed to show you why a yawn is so contagious, how imitation leads to flattery and how to discover whether your brain is a born leader or a born follower.